Learning of uncertainty in an introductory astronomy course in remote asynchronous delivery during Covid-19 lockdown
The teaching of an introductory astronomy course in remote delivery during Covid-19 lockdown encountered a unique issue in terms of a mixture of three student groups. They are the science majors, science-interested students, and non-science majors to satisfy science requirement in our Two-year commu...
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The Institute of Research and Community Services, Universitas Terbuka
2021-11-01
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| description | The teaching of an introductory astronomy course in remote delivery during Covid-19 lockdown encountered a unique issue in terms of a mixture of three student groups. They are the science majors, science-interested students, and non-science majors to satisfy science requirement in our Two-year community college located in New York City. The learning of how to assess uncertainty would be of a universal concern in the three groups. Uncertainty examples includes shoe size selection experience in daily life for non-science majors, distance measurement uncertainty for science-interested students who are parents, and simulation uncertainty for science majors. Reciting or memorizing a narrative in remote learning should be supplemented with a discussion using an alternative perspective with intellectual maturity, and the uncertainty theme would fit well for the learning of any chapters in an astronomy textbook. Assessment exercise questions are developed. The strategy to discourage rote learning and plagiarism in the remote asynchronous delivery of introductory astronomy at the college level is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02b82407514542608ac3d047f796491e2023-12-03T09:48:29ZengThe Institute of Research and Community Services, Universitas TerbukaInternational Journal of Research in STEM Education2721-32422721-29042021-11-013211710.31098/ijrse.v3i2.766701Learning of uncertainty in an introductory astronomy course in remote asynchronous delivery during Covid-19 lockdownSunil Dehipawala0Ian Schanning1George Tremberger2Tak Choi David Cheung3CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeCUNY Queensborough Community CollegeCUNY Queensborough Community CollegeCUNY Queensborough Community CollegeThe teaching of an introductory astronomy course in remote delivery during Covid-19 lockdown encountered a unique issue in terms of a mixture of three student groups. They are the science majors, science-interested students, and non-science majors to satisfy science requirement in our Two-year community college located in New York City. The learning of how to assess uncertainty would be of a universal concern in the three groups. Uncertainty examples includes shoe size selection experience in daily life for non-science majors, distance measurement uncertainty for science-interested students who are parents, and simulation uncertainty for science majors. Reciting or memorizing a narrative in remote learning should be supplemented with a discussion using an alternative perspective with intellectual maturity, and the uncertainty theme would fit well for the learning of any chapters in an astronomy textbook. Assessment exercise questions are developed. The strategy to discourage rote learning and plagiarism in the remote asynchronous delivery of introductory astronomy at the college level is discussed.https://journals.researchsynergypress.com/index.php/ijrse/article/view/766 |
| spellingShingle | Sunil Dehipawala Ian Schanning George Tremberger Tak Choi David Cheung Learning of uncertainty in an introductory astronomy course in remote asynchronous delivery during Covid-19 lockdown International Journal of Research in STEM Education |
| title | Learning of uncertainty in an introductory astronomy course in remote asynchronous delivery during Covid-19 lockdown |
| title_full | Learning of uncertainty in an introductory astronomy course in remote asynchronous delivery during Covid-19 lockdown |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Learning of uncertainty in an introductory astronomy course in remote asynchronous delivery during Covid-19 lockdown |
| title_short | Learning of uncertainty in an introductory astronomy course in remote asynchronous delivery during Covid-19 lockdown |
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